Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin āctīvus, from āctus (past participle of agere "to drive (cattle), cause to move, do") + -īvus -ive — more at agent First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun...
Active voice:I ran. She drove to the bank. He punched me. Passive voice:The ball was thrown through the window. The building was torn down. I was given an A on the test. Where doesactivecome from? The first records ofactivecome from around 1300. It comes from the Latināctīvusand ...
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作为“有能力行动的”(与passive相对),自14世纪末开始使用。意思是“精力充沛的,活泼的”来自于1590年代; “工作的,有效的,正在运作的”(与inactive相对)来自于1640年代。语法上的active voice记录于1765年; 语法上使用 active,表示执行而不是承受行动,始于15世纪中期(与 passive 或 reflexive 相对)。
基本词汇 英文词源 active (adj.) mid-14c., "given to worldly activity" (opposed tocontemplativeormonastic), from Old Frenchactif(12c.) or directly from Latinactivus, fromactus(see act (n.)). As "capable of acting" (opposed topassive), from late 14c. Meaning "energetic, lively" is from...
英语词源 active (adj.) mid-14c., "given to worldly activity" (opposed tocontemplativeormonastic), from Old Frenchactif(12c.) or directly from Latinactivus, fromactus(seeact(n.)). As "capable of acting" (opposed topassive), from late 14c. Meaning "energetic, lively" is from 1590s; th...
16. the active voice. 17. a form or construction in the active voice. [1300–50; < Middle French < Latin āctīvus < āctus, past participle of agere to do, act] ac′tive•ly, adv. ac′tive•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictiona...
A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective, as the past participle baked in We had some baked beans, and is used with an auxiliary verb to indicate tense, aspect, or voice, as the past participle baked in the passive sentence Th...